One big thing Microsoft, Apple, and all CTOs can learn from Ubuntu

[Kevin Hunter]

At 8:25am -0400 Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Kevin Hunter wrote:
>> The more correct phrase is, of course, "those who are not
>> computer-oriented", but for this lazy man, "Mum & Dad" is just a few
>> characters shorter, and, when not insulting to others, generally gets my
>> point across.  If you have a better phrase that would not leave you
>> insulted, I'm happy to use it.
> 
> FWIW: since a common term in my experience for people who understand
> computers and actively enjoy fiddling with them is "techies", then by
> simple extension, "non-techies" denotes those who are not like that.
> These days, by far the largest part of the computer-using population
> are non-techies: they use the computer as a tool to get at the Web and
> to play games, mostly, and in business to do work-oriented stuff in
> Office and Exchange.

Heh, and embarrassingly, I even used "non-tech[ies]" in the email I sent
to the list just 20 minutes prior.  I plead a pre-coffee state at point.
 Apologies.

But it sounds smarter when other people say it.  Validation, it would
seem, is imperative.  :-)

Thanks, Liam.

Kevin